Michael Stipe presented Patti Smith with a happy birthday cake at her gig in Chicago on December 30. Smith – who turned 70 that day – was performing Horses in full at the city’s Riviera Theater.

After cancelling a show in Bologna midway through December due to illness, Patti Smith ... on her actual birthday, December 30, she was presented with a cake and had “Happy Birthday” sung ...

Patti Smith celebrated her 70th ... appearance onstage to present Smith with a cake and lead the audience in a rendition of “Happy Birthday to You.” Stipe, who first returned to the stage ...

Yesterday (Dec. 30) was Patti Smith’s 70th birthday ... Michael Stipe showed up with a cake, and led the band and the audience in a chorus of “Happy Birthday” to her. Naturally, in this ...